Architect/ Architectural Designer: 2023
Less Than 5 Years
The following results are an indication* of the UK’s highest mean average ranking salaries in architecture, representing less than 5 years of experience under the title Architect/ Architectural Designer.
Data collection period for this survey: 15th August – 15th October 2023
Survey submissions are now closed, last updated: 7th November 2023
Survey Results: 2023
Architect/ Architectural Designer: Less Than 5 Years| Rank | Practice Name | Annual Salary* (nearest ’00) | Reported Unpaid Overtime (hrs per week) | Employee Benefits (click here) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BSBG | 56,000 | 8 | – |
| 2 | Mace | 49,000 | 3 | – |
| 3 | Ström Architects | 48,500 | 0 | – |
| 4 | Benoy | 48,000 | 5 | – |
| 5 | Woods Bagot | 47,300 | 9 | – |
| 6 | Bjarke Ingels Group | 47,000 | 6 | – |
| 6 | HawkinsBrown | 47,000 | 2 | – |
| 8 | Studio Egret West | 46,000 | 4 | – |
| 9 | Adamson Associates | 45,500 | 0 | – |
| 9 | GRID Architects | 45,500 | 2 | – |
| 11 | BLDA Architects | 45,000 | 5 | – |
| 11 | Hunters | 45,000 | 5 | – |
| 11 | Ryder Architecture | 45,000 | 1 | – |
| 14 | Moreno Masey | 44,500 | 10 | – |
| 15 | Allies and Morrison | 44,000 | 3 | – |
| 15 | MCM | 44,000 | 3 | – |
| 17 | BDP Pattern | 43,800 | 15 | – |
| 18 | Chetwoods | 43,700 | 0 | – |
| 19 | Samuel Chisholm Studio | 43,100 | 0 | – |
| 20 | Bond Bryan | 43,000 | 0 | – |
| 20 | Built Works | 43,000 | 0 | – |
| 20 | White Arkitekter | 43,000 | 5 | – |
| 23 | Allford Hall Monaghan Morris | 42,800 | 3 | – |
| 24 | Aukett Swanke | 42,500 | 0 | – |
| 24 | Heatherwick Studio | 42,500 | 13 | – |
| 24 | Populous | 42,500 | 4 | – |
| 24 | SODA Studio | 42,500 | 4 | – |
| 24 | Stiff + Trevillion Architects | 42,500 | 0 | – |
| 29 | AHR Architects | 42,000 | 0 | – |
| 29 | Purcell | 42,000 | 2 | – |
| 31 | Arup | 41,400 | 3 | – |
| 31 | Foster + Partners | 41,400 | 4 | – |
| 33 | Fathom Architects | 41,300 | 7 | – |
| 33 | Studio PDP | 41,300 | 3 | – |
| 35 | Morris+Company | 41,200 | 4 | – |
| 36 | Michaelis Boyd Associates | 41,000 | 2 | – |
| 36 | Orms | 41,000 | 2 | – |
| 38 | dMFK | 40,600 | 0 | – |
| 39 | Collective Architecture | 40,500 | 2 | – |
| 40 | Amos Goldreich Architecture | 40,000 | 0 | – |
| 40 | Carmody Groarke | 40,000 | 4 | – |
| 40 | Caruso St John Architects | 40,000 | 8 | – |
| 40 | De Novo Architects | 40,000 | 2 | – |
| 40 | Design International | 40,000 | 5 | – |
| 40 | HKR Architects | 40,000 | 20 | – |
| 40 | Hollaway Studio | 40,000 | 6 | – |
| 40 | Maccreanor Lavington | 40,000 | 3 | – |
| 40 | Pascall+Watson | 40,000 | 2 | – |
| 40 | Ridge and Partners | 40,000 | 5 | – |
| 40 | Theatreplan | 40,000 | 0 | – |
| 40 | Tim Groom Architects | 40,000 | 4 | – |
| 52 | PRP Architects | 39,800 | 3 | – |
| 52 | RCKa | 39,800 | 1 | – |
| 54 | David Chipperfield Architects | 39,700 | 10 | – |
| 55 | Jan Kattein Architects | 39,500 | 0 | – |
| 55 | Yiangou Architects | 39,500 | 4 | – |
| 57 | Sergison Bates architects | 39,300 | 5 | – |
| 58 | Atkins | 39,200 | 6 | – |
| 59 | 5th Studio | 39,000 | 2 | – |
| 59 | Grimshaw | 39,000 | 5 | – |
| 59 | Stephen Taylor Architects | 39,000 | 3 | – |
| 62 | Aecom | 38,800 | 0 | – |
| 63 | Piercy&Company | 38,700 | 3 | – |
| 64 | Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios | 38,100 | 2 | – |
| 64 | We Made That | 38,100 | 0 | – |
| 66 | ColladoCollins | 38,000 | 8 | – |
| 66 | EPR Architects | 38,000 | 3 | – |
| 66 | Haverstock | 38,000 | 0 | – |
| 66 | Optimised Environments | 38,000 | 0 | – |
| 66 | Squire & Partners | 38,000 | 6 | – |
| 71 | rg+p | 37,900 | 4 | – |
| 72 | Gensler | 37,800 | 8 | – |
| 73 | ACME | 37,500 | 8 | – |
| 73 | Matthew Allchurch Architects | 37,500 | 2 | – |
| 73 | shedkm | 37,500 | 0 | – |
| 73 | Zaha Hadid Architects | 37,500 | 20 | – |
| 77 | BDP | 37,200 | 0 | – |
| 78 | Associated Architects | 37,000 | 3 | – |
| 78 | Feilden Fowles | 37,000 | 1 | – |
| 78 | Henley Halebrown | 37,000 | 4 | – |
| 78 | Lathams | 37,000 | 0 | – |
| 78 | Stephen Davy Peter Smith | 37,000 | 0 | – |
| 83 | Cullinan Studio | 36,900 | 2 | – |
| 84 | Ben Adams Architects | 36,800 | 2 | – |
| 85 | BPTW | 36,700 | 3 | – |
| 85 | Mae | 36,700 | 1 | – |
| 87 | KTA Architects | 36,500 | 1 | – |
| 87 | Stride Treglown | 36,500 | 2 | – |
| 87 | TateHindle | 36,500 | 5 | – |
| 90 | Holland Harvey | 36,300 | 4 | – |
| 91 | Al-Jawad Pike | 36,000 | 5 | – |
| 91 | DAY Architectural | 36,000 | 5 | – |
| 91 | Hassell | 36,000 | 4 | – |
| 91 | NJ Architects | 36,000 | 0 | – |
| 91 | PLP Architecture | 36,000 | 0 | – |
| 91 | Reiach and Hall Architects | 36,000 | 1 | – |
| 91 | Seed Architects | 36,000 | 2 | – |
| 91 | Smith Scott Mullan Associates | 36,000 | 0 | – |
| 91 | Thomas Alexander Design | 36,000 | 0 | – |
| 100 | SimpsonHaugh | 34,500 | 2 | – |